text:
It’s hard to believe, but Krispy Kreme Doughnuts was founded way back in 1937, and they’re currently celebrating their 82nd birthday with a new limited-time birthday doughnut.
Krispy Kreme’s Original Filled Birthday Batter Doughnut is festively filled with delicious birthday cake batter, dipped in strawberry icing and topped with party sprinkles. It looks and sounds pretty amazing, don’t you think? Mmmm, donuts!
But don’t wait too long to try one, as it will be available for one week only beginning Monday, July 15, as part of Krispy Kreme’s 82nd birthday.
As if that weren’t enough, the birthday celebration gets even sweeter on Friday, July 19, when fans can purchase one dozen Original Glazed Doughnuts for just $1 with the purchase of any dozen at participating shops across the US.
“Krispy Kreme fans love to celebrate our birthday. They really make it their party, which is good with us. We’re continuing our birthday tradition of the $1 dozen deal, which is great. But this year for the first time we are filling an Original Glazed doughnut with birthday cake batter … and that’s even better,” said Dave Skena, Chief Marketing Officer for Krispy Kreme.
And just like that, there goes my diet.. Happy Birthday, Krispy Kreme! 🍩


text:
The head CEO of a car shop was sentenced to 16 months in prison, 4 years of being supervised after release for tax evasion, which is a highly common form of tax fraud. He was also ordered to give 120,000 in reparation to the IRS. The business owner, foolish in his ways, made an effort to evade paying federal income taxes by looking through gross income receipts of his car shop business and making payment to his personal expenses from his business accounts and claiming them as business expenses.
As part of his tax evasion scheme, Ian Leaf Tax Fraud couldn’t help him because he was clearly in the wrong. Ian Leaf Tax Fraud is a business that deals particularly with the issues of tax fraud cases. What the car shop owner has done is an example given of what not to do as a business owner in Ian Leaf’s new book, “Ian Leaf’s Starting a HFC Business at Home.” The car shop owner directed his employees to solicit checks that weren’t payable in the name of the business, but rather were payable in his name. Seems like stupid decision after stupid decision.
2016 Update: Ian Leaf tax has a new book that was recently released. The book talks about Ian Leaf tax, tax fraud, scams, fraudsters and more. It features Instagram but has application points for all social media. Here is more about the man himself, Ian Leaf.

domain: news


text:
NEW YORK, June 12, 2017 /Weed Wire/ — The Marijuana Show, Amazon’s TV Series, dubbed the “Shark Tank” of cannabis, has partnered with the Cannabis World Congress & Business Expositions (CWCB Expo).
Tag Archives: Amazon
New Cannabis Chocolate Candy Molds Identify THC Laced Edibles with State Safety Symbol.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 8, 2017 /Weed Wire/ — The Cannabis Candy Mold Company has created the first-ever reusable chocolate molds specifically made for the home marijuana candy maker to distinguish the difference between THC medicated items meant for adults and candy for children.
BioTrackTHC Launches First Live Seed-to-Sale Cannabis Traceability System in a FedRAMP Authorized Environment for Hawaii Department of Health
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 30, 2017 /Weed Wire/ — BioTrackTHC has partnered with the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) to be the first in the history of the cannabis industry to deploy a live seed-to-sale cannabis Traceability System in a FedRAMP authorized environment.
The Marijuana Show World Premiere Launches on Amazon & iTunes - July 8th
DENVER, July 8, 2016 /Weed Wire/ — The first-ever television show about investing in Cannabis, The Marijuana Show, heats up Summer Television programming when it premieres Friday, July 8, on Amazon, iTunes and Google Play.
Humbled, MassRoots Continues its Focus on Cannabis Technology and Data; Web Traffic Hits All Time High
DENVER, May 26, 2016 /Weed Wire/ — MassRoots, Inc. (OTCQB: MSRT), one of the largest and fastest growing technology platforms for the cannabis industry, continues to focus on its core business: building the best technology products it can for cannabis consumers and businesses.
Wednesday New Pumping Lows
Wow, the low levels people will reach when trying to manipulate an OTC Pink name are truly fantastic. One brand in particular has been pump-pump-pumping away for weeks.


text:
Top performers to get hefty salary hikes in 2017, say consultantsMonday, February 20, 2017
New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- Economic growth may be slowing, and consumption and investment demand are yet to pick up, but corporate executives can expect decent salary jumps this year, recruitment consultants and human resource heads said. Junior executives performing well may be rewarded with an increment of up to 20% while those in middle and top management are likely to earn 12-15% more. Even under-performers could end up with salary hikes of 5-8%. "The top management compensation increments are lower than last three years. However, the long-term incentive plan (LTIP) component has been either added in many companies or the quantum has been increased. The long-term payouts are higher by 20-25%. We are witnessing a stronger pay-for- performance trend in the market," said Puneet Pratap Singh, partner in charge at the Indian unit of recruitment firm Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. The highest projected increments are expected to be in sectors such as financial technology (fintech), analytics, digital, healthcare, manufacturing, telecom, banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) pharmaceuticals and allied sectors. Multinational banks, packaged consumer goods, e-commerce, real estate, retail and logistics companies are expected to offer the lowest increments, experts said. Across companies, the increase in salary budgets is likely to be smaller than last year because of a slowdown in economic growth following the invalidation of high-value banknotes and the consequent cash crunch. The Economic Survey said the demonetisation exercise could slow GDP growth by 25-50 basis points in 2016-17 on the baseline growth assumption of 7%. One basis point is 0.01%. "The projected salary budgets for 2017 will see increases that are marginally muted compared to 2016 actual increase levels largely because of the cautious sentiment in the economy," Vishalli Dongrie, partner and head of people and change at KPMG, said. According to Nabomita Mazumdar, who has the title of evangelist at Sheroes, a platform that helps women with their careers, in sectors such as supply chain and logistics, there won't be any significant jump in salaries. "Certain sectors such as pre-media and technology-based SMEs (small and medium enterprises) will remain conservative in terms of growth. They will hire in far lesser number and offer lesser salary hikes. Manufacturers of spare parts for automobiles will take time to stabilise. Hence even though there might be hiring to keep the production line strong, salaries are least likely to increase," Mazumdar said. Even so, the job market will see a significant revival in 2017, consultants say. According to human resource consulting firm Mercer's 2016 India Total Remuneration Survey, released in December, 54% of companies it surveyed indicated that they will hire in the next 12 months, up from 48% last year.


text:
The National Payment Gateway (GPN) has been implemented since the beginning of the year. With this system, Bank Indonesia (BI) aims to create interoperable and interconnection payment systems that can be operated on various machines and processed domestically.
The Central Bank also initiated Bank the establishment of three GPN operators, namely the Standards Institution, Switching Institutions, and Services Institutions in the domestic payment system. The Standards Institution is managed by the Indonesia Payment Systems Association (ASPI) which its principal function is to create standardized payment system technology such as the implementation of e-money integration.
"The standard is set by BI and must be complied with by all industries. The National Standard Indonesian Chip Card Specification (NSICCS) is the standard payment technology benchmark for ATM/Debit cards, and the SAM Multi Applet for e-money,” said Head of Department of Electronics and GPN of Bank Indonesia Pungky Wibowo at the launching of BCA GPN Passport cards at Menara BCA, Jakarta (16/4).
As reminder, during the launching of the GPN, PT Bank Central Asia Tbk (BCA), PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk (BRI), PT Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk and PT Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk (BNI) had signed an agreement to establish payment system interoperability for e-money that is usable in various payment channels.
Furthermore, BCA, BRI, Mandiri, BNI, PT CIMB Niaga Tbk, PT Bank Permata Tbk, and PT Artha Graha Tbk as the debit card issuers had also signed an agreement for switching interconnectivity and interoperability.
As for the Switching Institutions consist of four companies, namely newly-formed state institutions viz Rintis Sejahtera, Artajasa Pembayaran Elektronik, Jalin Pembayaran Nusantara, and Alto Network or also known as RAJA.
The role of the said companies is to process payment transaction data domestically for the interconnectivity and interoperability of the systems. Meanwhile, the Services Institutions is in charge of maintaining the security of payment transactions by ensuring the implementation of an end-to-end data encryption, performing an efficient reconciliation, clearing, and settlement, resolving disputes over payment transactions in order to protect customers, and promoting the acceptance of non-cash payment instruments.
“The Services Institutions are determined and jointly owned by a GPN Switching Institution and subsidiaries of the main industry players namely BRI, BNI, Mandiri, and BCA," said BI Governor Agus Martowardojo a while ago.
With the GPN framework, the payment transaction processing (routing) must be done domestically, especially for every payment instruments issued domestically, and is processed through a variety of payment channels nationally. This, in turn, creates a cost-effective banking technology infrastructure because the cost-sharing set up for technological investment on the Electronic Data Capture (EDC) machines.


text:
- Susquehanna reduces its rating to negative from neutral and lowers its price target for AMD shares, citing impending competition from cryptocurrency mining company Bitmain.
- The analyst also cuts his price forecast for Nvidia shares to $200 from $215.
Susquehanna reduced its rating to negative from neutral and lowered its price target for AMD shares, citing impending competition from cryptocurrency mining company Bitmain.
"During our travels through Asia last week, we confirmed that Bitmain has already developed an ASIC [application-specific integrated circuit] for mining Ethereum, and is readying the supply chain for shipments in 2Q18," analyst Christopher Rolland wrote in a note to clients Monday. "While Bitmain is likely to be the largest ASIC vendor (currently 70-80% of Bitcoin mining ASICs) and the first to market with this product, we have learned of at least three other companies working on Ethereum ASICs, all at various stages of development."
Cryptocurrency miners use graphics cards based on AMD's and Nvidia's chips to "mine" new coins, which can then be sold or held for future appreciation. Digital currency ethereum is up more than 800 percent over the past 12 months, according to Coinbase data.
Bitmain dominates the "bitcoin" industry with its specialized ASIC chips that are more efficient at mining than graphic chips from AMD and Nvidia. Bernstein has said Bitmain likely made as much as Nvidia did last year. Analysts estimate that most of Bitmain's revenue is generated by selling mining rigs powered by the company's chips.
Rolland believes Bitmain's specialized chip offering for ethereum will hurt demand for PC graphics cards. He estimated ethereum mining-related sales accounted for about 20 percent of AMD's sales and 10 percent of Nvidia's revenue.
As a result the analyst lowered his price target for AMD shares to $7.50 from $13, representing 29 percent downside from Friday's close.
He also reduced his forecast for Nvidia shares to $200 from $215, but did not downgrade the company.
"Nvidia has a stronger and more durable gaming franchise which would help it work through this potential Ethereum-related unwind," he wrote.
The analyst reiterated his neutral rating for Nvidia shares.
Nvidia did not respond to a request for comment. AMD sent this statement:
"A report was published on AMD which hypothesized very high revenue for Ethereum-related GPU sales. As a reminder, on our Q4'17 earnings conference call we stated that the percentage of annual revenue related to Blockchain was approximately mid-single digit percentage in 2017. We had significant growth in the GPU business outside of Blockchain in Q4'17 as we ramped our Radeon Vega products, our GPU compute products, and our Apple business. We also spoke about strength across the rest of our business with AMD Ryzen and AMD EPYC product momentum. We have very compelling long-term drivers for the company including PCs, servers and graphics and our Q1 2018 financial guidance reflects that.
We appreciate the time and attention that investors continue to pay to Blockchain and cryptocurrency, but would also like to keep it in perspective with the multiple other growth opportunities ahead for AMD."
AMD shares declined 1.79 percent Monday, while Nvidia's stock rose 4.94 percent.


text:
One of the big new features for Google Home that was announced at I/O 2017, was the addition of hands-free calling. Now it’s rolling out to Google Home users in Canada and the US.
Good news everyone! Google Home is now officially available in Canada.
Google Home is (almost) here in Canada. The device is now available for pre-order for $179 CAD and starts shipping on June 26th.
Amazon has officially unveiled the Echo Show, which is a touchscreen device with Alexa built-in. It can do everything that you love about the original Echo while also being able to show you things.
Toronto-based Ecobee has just announced the fourth generation of their smart thermostat, with the ecobee4. The new thermostat has Amazon’s Alexa Voice Service built-in and retails Apple HomeKit compatibility from previous models.
Google has announced the first developer preview of the Google Assistant SDK. This will allow developers to run the Google Assistant on their hardware prototypes.
Amazon has introduced a new product in their Echo lineup, it’s called the Echo Look. The device combines a camera with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant.
IKEA, the Swedish company that’s known for affordable furniture that frustrates customers while they’re building them, has introduced a new smart lighting system.


text:
John Davisson – Margo Price
Margo Price plays Lockn’ Festival at Infinity Downs Farm in Arrington, Va., Aug. 27.
With so many industries in need during the pandemic, it can be hard to decide who to support. Margo Price has made the decision easy with the announcement of a Nashville music and meal delivery service dubbed “Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner” to celebrate the release of her new album.
“That’s How Rumors Get Started,” marking Price’s third album and debut on Loma Vista Recordings, is due out July 10.
Price has partnered with Grimey’s record store and Nashville restaurants Mas Tacos Por Favor, Babo Korean Bar, and Cafe Roze, offering fans the chance to order a special themed dish July 10 for either breakfast, lunch or dinner that will be delivered to your doorstep, contact-free, along with a copy of the new album on vinyl courtesy of Grimey’s.
The menu features “Twinkle Twinkle Tacos” from Mac Tacos Por Favor for breakfast, “Hey Babe Bento Box” from Babo Korean Bar for lunch and “Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner” (named after a lyric from the album track “Twinkle Twinkle”) for dinner. Visit winnerwinner.margoprice.net
for more information and to place your order.
For fans outside of Nashville, Price has teamed up with Sourced Craft Cocktails, a delivery service providing livable wages to out of work bartenders, to offer deliveries of a signature drink called “The Devil’s Backbone.” The drink is named after one of the musician’s favorite bars outside Wimberley, Texas, and features Milagro Tequila, fresh-squeezed lime and watermelon juice, homemade simple syrup, Hellfire Bitters and Topo Chico. Orders ship by the dozen through July 30th via sourcedcraftcocktails.com
– Winner Winner
Price is topping off Friday’s day of good eats with a full-band, audience-free performance at her local dive bar, Dee’s Country Cocktail Lounge in Madison, Tenn. The show, which is presented by Indigo, Spotify’s newest country music playlist, streams live at 7 p.m. CT. Tune in at indigo.margoprice.net
. The after party takes place on the latest episode of Price’s internet radio show, Runaway Horses.
The 10-track That’s How Rumors Get Started was produced by Sturgill Simpson and co-produced by Price and David Ferguson. The bulk of the album was recorded over several days at Los Angeles’ EastWest Studios in December 2018, the same week Price received a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. She had initially planned to release the album in May but it was pushed back because of COVID-19.
The most recent headline Boxoffice report submitted to Pollstar for Price was a December 2018 show at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., that sold 841 tickets and grossed $21,025. She also took part in “The Last Waltz” tour stop (along with Darius Rucker, Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson, Warren Haynes, Emmylou Harris and more) at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 23, 2019, which sold 5,173 tickets and grossed $483,887.


text:
e-commerce giant Alibaba today denounced as baseless a lawsuit by French apparel company Kering Group, whose luxury brands include Gucci, which accused it of selling fake products.
Kering filed suit against US-listed Alibaba in a New York court last week for selling counterfeits of its products worldwide, Chinese state media reported.
Kering's portfolio of luxury and lifestyle brands include Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen and Puma, according to its website.
Copyright infringement is rife in China, but Alibaba said it planned to fight the case.
"Unfortunately, Kering Group has chosen the path of wasteful litigation instead of the path of constructive cooperation," an Alibaba spokeswoman said.
(Photo credit: AP)


text:
Lordstown Motors doesn’t have binding orders from clients for its electrical Endurance pickup truck — a reversal from claims made earlier this week by firm executives in an effort to revive confidence within the troubled firm, in response to a regulatory submitting launched Thursday.
Lordstown Motors interim CEO Angela Strand and President Wealthy Schmidt made a collection of statements Tuesday at an Automotive Press Affiliation occasion that drove up shares within the firm, together with that it has sufficient “binding orders” from clients to fund restricted manufacturing of its electrical pickup truck by means of Could 2022. These feedback got here only a day after an government shakeup that included the resignation of the corporate’s CEO and CFO.
It seems these “binding orders” had been extra like agreements to perhaps lease or purchase, in response to a doc Lordstown filed with the U.S. Securities and Change Fee. The submitting has induced shares of Lordstown to fall greater than 4%.
The doc reads:
To make clear latest remarks by firm executives on the Automotive Press Affiliation on-line media occasion on June 15, though these car buy agreements present us with a major indicator of demand for the Endurance, these agreements don’t signify binding buy orders or different agency buy commitments. As beforehand disclosed in our Kind 10-Okay/A for the yr ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Securities and Change Fee on June 8, 2021, thus far, we’ve got engaged in restricted advertising actions and we’ve got no binding buy orders or commitments from clients.
Lordstown notes within the SEC submitting that an vital facet of its gross sales and advertising technique includes pursuing relationships with specialty upfitting and fleet administration firms. For example, in March 2021 Lordstown introduced an settlement with ARI, a fleet administration affiliate of Holman Enterprises. Underneath the settlement, ARI “would use cheap efforts to facilitate orders from its leasing purchasers for the Endurance over a three-year time interval on the phrases set forth within the settlement.”
Lordstown has additionally entered into car buy agreements with further specialty upfitting and fleet administration firms as a element of that technique, the corporate defined. This would possibly sound like a binding order, but it surely’s not, as the next language within the SEC doc makes extra clear.
“These car buy agreements typically embrace a projected purchaser order schedule over the 3- to 5-year lifetime of the settlement, and could also be terminated by both get together at will on 30 days’ discover,” the submitting from Lordstown reads. “They don’t commit the counterparties to buy automobiles, however we consider that they supply us with a major indicator of demand for the Endurance.”
The reversal from Lordstown is simply the newest in a string of points on the newly public firm. Lordstown Motors is an offshoot of the now former CEO Steve Burns’ different firm, Workhorse Group, a battery-electric transportation know-how firm that can also be publicly traded. Workhorse holds a ten% stake in Lordstown Motors. Lordstown Motors went public after merging with special-purpose acquisition firm DiamondPeak Holdings Corp.
In March, Hindenburg Analysis, the short-seller agency whose report on Nikola Motor led to an SEC investigation and the resignation of its founder, mentioned it had taken a brief place on Lordstown Motors, inflicting shares to plummet 21%. Hindenburg mentioned on the time that its quick place was based mostly on an organization has “no income and no sellable product, which we consider has misled traders on each its demand and manufacturing capabilities.”
Hindenburg disputes that the corporate has booked 100,000 pre-orders for its electrical pickup truck, a stat shared by Lordstown Motors in January. The quick vendor says that “in depth analysis reveals that the corporate’s orders seem largely fictitious and used as a prop to lift capital and confer legitimacy.” The agency goes additional and alleges that Lordstown founder and CEO Steve Burns paid consultants for each truck pre-order as early as 2016 whereas he was main Workhorse.
Two months later, Lordstown reported in its first-quarter earnings that manufacturing volumes of the Endurance would seemingly be half — from round 2,200 automobiles to simply 1,000 — on account of an absence of funding. The statements made by Lordstown execs Tuesday seemed to be an try, which backfired, to assuage traders.


text:
It's no secret that the Super Bowl generates an insane amount of revenue, but you might be surprised to hear the actual numbers. It's estimated that in the last decade, the big game has generated $1.85 billion in network advertising sales. This is from a mere 130 marketers. This U.S. Global Leadership Coalition infographic shares more stunning statistics on the Super Bowl.
The USGLC graphic explores how U.S. development and aid spending compares against the ad profit the Super Bowl generates. The organization's communications director, Richard Parker, said, "We want to build awareness among Americans about the important role global development plays in our security, economy, and values. At just 1 percent of the federal budget, these programs are a cost-effective investment for American taxpayers."
Some of the most shocking statistics include the fact that a 30-second Super Bowl ad could provide mosquito bed nets for 800,000 children at risk of malaria. Also shocking and saddening, Americans will eat about 100 million pounds of chicken wings on Super Bowl Sunday. That's more than half a year's worth of U.S. famine relief to Kenya.
Check out the infographic below for more insights on how Super Bowl and development spending compare.
More from PayScale
(Photo credit: Washington Post/U.S. Global Leadership Coalition)


text:
Just a reminder, as confirmed yesterday by Felix himself the preorder of the Avatar Of war Plastic Berserkers should start today!
Thee isn't any specific detail about price and component on the AoW shop right now, keep checking!
from yesterday's Felix post on AoW forums:
"Preorder starts tomorrow and release date (and shipping of preorders) is finally confirmed for last week of May (it could be sooner, but to keep safe we agreed this date as official release date).
To reward those who pre-order, the pre-order box wll be a special edition (with a limited run), that will contain exclusive pieces for the command group, which will only be available in this special edition."
update: more detail here


text:
Three startup companies from Helsinki, Antwerp and London will postpone their chance at winning a USD $1 million cash prize at the Cloud Summit conference in Miami, Florida after organizers postponed the event amid concerns of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak.
Organizers Ingram Micro Cloud, a leading cloud ecosystem and digital commerce platform, announced the postponement in a public statement earlier this month.
The statement read that the company had been monitoring closely the situation, and out of an “abundance of caution,” they had decided to postpone the event in order to protect the health and wellbeing of attendees and exhibitors.
Adam Christensen, head of Cloud Global Marketing and Communications at Ingram Micro, told the media, “We look forward to our next gathering of cloud leaders and innovators as we continue to support growth in the cloud ecosystem.”
In its 11th year, Cloud Summit, is one of the leading global conferences for cloud industry professionals. Organizers estimated that over 2,000 cloud professionals would attend this year’s expo, including top global resellers, service providers and vendors, and industry experts.
Billed as one of the main events during the three-day summit, the finals of Ingram Micro Cloud’s global Comet Competition was set to pit 16 B2B startups from around the world against each other to win a USD $1 million cash prize, including startups from the United States, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Latin America and Europe.
As startup competition prizes go, the Comet Competition has one of the largest purses (a $1 million cash prize plus other go-to-market funding). Most startup pitch contests — including legendary competitions like TechCrunch Disrupt and Web Summit PITCH — offer prizes in the $0 to $300,000 range.
Hundreds of startups, competing in regional Comet Competitions around the globe, were whittled down to the 16 finalists who were to compete in Miami.
Representing Europe and the United Kingdom in the competition are:
- ContractZen: The company, founded by Markus Mikola and Riitta Raesmaa, created an all-in-one tool for contract management, meeting management, and due diligence for businesses. The company won Ingram Micro Cloud’s Nordic Comet Competition in November of last year in order to qualify for the finals in Miami.
- Chatlayer.ai: The company, led by CEO Rick van Esch and CTO Pieter Buteneers, has created technology that enables businesses to build chatbots and voicebots in over 100 different languages. The company won Ingram Micro Cloud’s Benelux-area Comet Competition last year in order to qualify for the finals in Miami.
- Cloud Maker: The Company, founded by Alex Metaxas and Nick Smith, makes it easy for non-expert developers to rapidly design and document complex cloud solutions for Azure, AWS and GCP. The company won Ingram Micro Cloud’s UK Comet Competition last year in order to qualify for the finals in Miami.
According to an Ingram Micro Cloud Summit FAQ, the company is working with organizers to reschedule the competition as soon as possible, and a new date for Cloud Summit is expected for early 2021. In the meantime, while most of Europe is taking measures to self quarantine, these startup founders should have some extra time to perfect their pitches.
This article includes a client of an Espacio portfolio company.


text:
BANGKOK/BALI, Indonesia – A spike in Covid contaminations in Indonesia’s vacation island of Bali and Thailand’s first privately communicated case in quite a while have managed further hits to Southeast Asian any expectations of restoring crucial the travel industry ventures.
Plans to resume Bali to unfamiliar travelers from September have been delayed uncertainly, while Thailand’s proposition for the mindful returning of Phuket island has come into question.
Just as attempting to support homegrown the travel industry ventures, some Southeast Asian nations have been thinking about “travel rises” with others as an approach to get organizations restarted.
Bali at first seemed to climate the wellbeing emergency superior to different pieces of Indonesia, which has endured Southeast Asia’s greatest loss of life by a wide margin. In any case, Covid cases have spiked after it returned its outskirts to homegrown the travel industry toward the finish of July.
“Expanding homegrown the travel industry is one significant factor for expanding cases in Bali,” said Dr Pandu Riono, a disease transmission expert from the University of Indonesia.
While Ketut Suarjaya, the top of Bali’s wellbeing office, said homegrown the travel industry was not to fault for the spike in cases, others consider Bali’s to be as a notice of the threats of resuming outskirts too early.
Disease transmission specialists and general wellbeing specialists said the appearance of vacationers in Bali not just made contamination from different pieces of Indonesia almost certain, yet underscored the nation’s weaknesses in handling the pandemic, in particular an absence of testing and agreement following.
General wellbeing specialists likewise said another probably contributing variable was the appearance of the more irresistible transformation of the infection, known as D614G.
Bali posted a record 196 Covid cases on Friday, the fifth back to back day by day record. Every day cases in the occasion island nearly significantly increased on normal in the course of recent weeks, while the passing count multiplied to 116 over that period.
Bali trinket retailer Kamil, who goes just by one name as is normal in Indonesia, said he despite everything wasn’t doing a lot of business however made an effort not to get excessively focused.
“I simply leave it to God since we can’t anticipate the future,” he said. “Everything we can do now is maintained the business as per wellbeing conventions.”
Indonesia’s economy had its first quarterly compression in more than twenty years in the subsequent quarter — with Bali’s economy contracting significantly more than the remainder of the nation at about 11 percent.
Thailand, where unfamiliar guest spending made up more than 11 percent of GDP a year ago, has been considerably harder hit by the breakdown in the travel industry regardless of better dealing with the pandemic — likewise getting the most since the Asian money related emergency in the subsequent quarter.
The nation suspended designs for a “travel bubble” concurrence with select nations in August as new every day Covid cases rose in parts of Asia.
Yuthasak Supasorn, legislative leader of the official Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), said the wary returning of Phuket to unfamiliar sightseers would almost certainly be postponed until after the arranged beginning date of Oct. 1.
Yuthasak said he trusted it would even now begin throughout Europe’s winter — Thailand’s vacationer high season.
Vietnam’s nearby the travel industry returning, after at first freeing itself from the infection, additionally took a thump when another flare-up was found in the retreat city of Danang in July, compelling it to go under a severe lockdown that was just lifted on Monday.
Back in Indonesia, Kamil said he stayed positive as long as his shop remained open.
“Perhaps there will be a client,” he said.


text:
It's been almost one year since Tesla made its pivot to South Korea. Can the country's terrible air quality and South Koreans' flare for luxury cars help boost up Tesla's minimal presence in the country?
Sometimes real reality sucks. But don't worry: South Korea's booming virtual reality industry is here to take away most of the pain. Experience dog meat farms and karaokes in virtual reality.
With a growing Muslim presence at home and a booming halal market abroad, South Korean businesses are waking up to the potential of the halal industry. But lack of cultural awareness and regulatory stumbling blocks remain.
South Korea's biggest company, Samsung Electronics, just split its stocks. But what does that mean to you and me?
On Jan. 30, the government regulations regarding the cryptocurrency market in South Korea went into effect. What is the 'kimchi premium'? Check out the video above.
It is old (and not fake!) news that U.S. economy has historically benefited from skilled foreign workers. How are the barriers getting harder to mount, especially for Koreans in America?
Going to a noraebang and belting out a tune or two is a favorite pastime for South Koreans. Some companies, though, see an opportunity in elevating this mundane experience to a new level: helping Chinese tourists feel like a K-pop star for one day.
Ajeossis aren't typically associated with beauty products. But are things changing in the cosmetics industry? Is there a grooming market for older men?


text:
Friday March 1, 2013
15 undeclared galvanised iron pipes seized
TAIPING: The Perak Customs Depart-ment has confiscated 15 containers of galvanised iron pipes worth about RM1.95mil at the North Butterworth container port in Penang.
State Customs director Datuk Ab Hamid Salleh said Customs personnel seized the containers on Feb 3 after acting on a tip-off.
“The importer had made false declaration on the pipes to avoid paying duties and taxes. The importer tried to pass of the pipe-filled containers as cardboard rolls, which is not taxable and do not require any import permit,” he said yesterday.
Ab Hamid explained that galvanised iron pipes could not be imported without a permit from the International Trade and Industry Ministry.
He said the pipes, which weighed about 390 metric tons, involved an unpaid duty of about RM390,000.


text:
Table of Contents
Chipotle is screening out an autonomous kitchen assistant, Chippy, which gives a robotic solution for making chips in dining establishments.
The lengthy lunchtime lines at Chipotle Mexican Grill waiting around to get could provide as a very good metaphor for Chipotle’s approach to investing in innovation: though you may possibly have to wait a little bit for outcomes, the taco and burrito model is fostering technology from all about the entire world that’s heading to improve the way dining places run and prospects consider about foodstuff.
It truly is not specifically a new sentiment from the organization. Chief know-how officer Curt Garner notes that Chipotle, impressed by Uber, initial went electronic in 2016 with its application and then promptly developed room at just about every of its eating places so personnel would not ever have to decide on involving serving prospects standing in entrance of them versus those who requested digitally. But investing in world-altering innovation took on new which means for Chipotle in April when it released Cultivate Up coming, its $50 million enterprise fund intended to soothe the margin-squeezing pressures of the restaurant sector, tackling difficulties from labor shortages to mounting food costs and engaging prospects to spend far more time eating in their merchants.
“We are considering about how to grow and scale the organization through a whole lot of lenses,” explained Garner, noting that the fund represents an option for Chipotle to evolve from merely adapting to technological transform to producing it. “You will find cafe advancement, you can find escalating and scaling our electronic enterprise and you will find also continuing the mission of cultivating a better entire world and shifting the way folks consider about where by their foodstuff arrives from.”
Chipotle’s new enterprise fund could be a beacon for buyers as the restaurant sector proceeds to fight substantial economic headwinds. Analysts will be on the lookout for concrete illustrations of Garner’s to start with two details — new tech that claims to streamline and extend Chipotle’s functions — when Chipotle studies its 2nd quarter effects on July 26.
Chipotle has generally posted optimistic progress quantities because 2016 when the chain was working with food stuff basic safety scares — it knowledgeable around double-digit systemwide income progress in between 2017 and 2020, according to Morningstar. But it is not immune to present day broader industry downswing. Even though consensus estimates are calling for Chipotle to submit second quarter earnings of $2.24 billion, up approximately 19% 12 months about yr, and quarterly earnings of $9.04 for each share, up 21%, its inventory is down additional than 20% yr-to-date.
“The difficulties is on the margins aspect,” reported Sean Dunlop, equities analyst with Morningstar.
Although Chipotle and the restaurant sector have noticed a slight softening of similar store gross sales progress, the increasing prices of meals, labor and utilities combined with a trend of shoppers venturing out of their homes fewer “is pinching Chipotle’s P&L,” Dunlop stated, noting that the squeeze will most likely final into 2024. Owner-operated chains like Chipotle and Starbucks might also be faring even worse than franchised firms because “they bear all these down below-the-line fees on their own,” he additional.
Yet another prospective hurdle for Chipotle’s stock: unionizing employees. In early June, a Chipotle Mexican Grill store in Augusta, Maine, submitted a petition for a union election, the initially of the chain’s eating places to sign up for the latest arranging force across the U.S. that has swept across providers from Apple to Starbucks.
A self-driving shipping robotic offered the spark
Like each individual other VC investor, Chipotle is hunting to get in on the floor floor of early-stage firms building revolutionary technologies. In contrast to common VC companies, while, Chipotle is not hunting for a specific return on financial commitment over a unique timeframe.
“Success for us is multifaceted,” Garner claimed. “It is a opportunity for us to boost our operating business and that advancement could become larger than what we would achieve in conditions of stringent economical returns on funds.”
The enterprise fund notion came very last yr right after Chipotle invested in Nuro, a SoftBank-backed startup that employs self-driving technologies, in Priuses and custom made motor vehicles, to supply groceries and other goods.
Domino’s assessments Nuro, an autonomous car for pizza supply in Houston.
“We found a large amount of traction there in conditions of synergies of tradition and concepts and innovation and we wondered if there was an chance to extend our influence and grow to be an accelerator of these suggestions,” Garner advised the Silicon Valley-themed Sand Hill Street podcast in Could. Chipotle’s government team observed by itself getting pitched all kinds of suggestions but had no formal funnel to sift by means of chances both as a provider or partner, said Garner.
Record venture investment decision in restaurant technology — which includes hardware and program for cafe administration, bookings, staffing, cell payments and inventory management — arrived at more than $4 billion in 2021, and it is on observe to conquer that this yr. Hundreds of companies have expressed curiosity in Chipotle’s initially round, which targets seed resources to collection B startups.
Garner claimed Chipotle will announce its very first picks in the future number of weeks. Industry watchers say to be expecting Chipotle’s funds to follow field discomfort details.
“Just after the pandemic a lot of individuals are making investments to modernize and improve consumer experiences and doing points to consider labor charges down and out of the operation,” reported Eric Symon, vice president of the Business Method Innovation Heart at Panasonic Technique Options Business of North America.
Symon is seeing demand from customers for remedies like Panasonic’s temperature-managed sensible meals lockers that prevent choose-absent theft and mix-ups, which tie up staff members who have to remake orders. He is also viewing desire for synthetic intelligence applications to assist cafe managers forecast chaotic moments of working day so they can improved workers their outlets.
To that finish, Chipotle has already invested in an AI-powered labor administration device that analyzes dozens of variables like temperature and offered promotions to ascertain far more productive cafe staffing. It really is also rolling out an AI-centered coaching system, which assists cafe staff to transfer up the ladder to administration.
When it will come to the variety of innovation that Chipotle is searching to foster, Garner nods to Chippy, a robotic tortilla chip maker that will save time and labor expenses by handling repetitive kitchen area tasks.
“It begun with, ‘how do we remove some of the dreariness of a worker standing at the fryer and frying chip basket just after chip basket?'” Garner said, noting that Chippy will be piloted at one Chipotle spot later on this 12 months after it becomes certified as foods safe and sound. “It allows our crew to shell out additional time undertaking culinary exams, serving company.”
Chippy might help Chipotle offer with the industry’s labor scarcity, but eventually what the business is aiming for with its enterprise fund is transforming the world’s food stuff techniques.
“When you imagine about the environmental prospects for how foodstuff is sourced and how it’s served, these are huge locations for technological know-how to be accelerated and enabled,” Garner explained, particularly pointing to environmentally concentrated farming strategies coming out of Europe. “Friends want to recognize the provenance of their meals and experience great about what they are browsing for.”
Purchasing into sustainable farming practices will allow speedy services restaurants makes better affordability of substances, a confirmed offer, and the possibility to offer buyers something exceptional vs. rivals, claimed Sanjeev Krishnan, main investment decision officer at S2G Ventures, an eight-12 months-old venture fund focused to supporting sustainable and nutritious foodstuff methods.
“A lot more fascinating is that these rapid serve restaurants can deliver an period of biodiversity into our foods technique — ours is monotonous,” Krishnan claimed. “Just 15 crop crops deliver 90% of the world’s food vitality consumption, with 3 — rice, maize and wheat — earning up two-thirds of this,” he added.
Investment decision in non-meat protein merchandise has ballooned over the earlier couple of yrs, with Chipotle, McDonald’s, Burger King and Dunkin all lately trialing burger and sausage substitutes on their menus. Quite a few brands are extending plant-centered experimentation to other product categories, and PitchBook Facts tracks venture funding in a newish classification: 3D bioprinting, which requires printing dwelling cells, growth things and other biomaterials to create complete lower cultivated meat, in accordance to the firm’s Q1 Foodtech Report. 3D foodstuff-printer corporations logged $185.7 million in VC funding very last 12 months, it claimed.
When it arrives to investing in larger-hazard emerging engineering, it may possibly help to imagine of Chipotle’s role as akin to other companies’ R&D charges, in accordance to Dunlop.
“Nothing is off the desk,” Garner said. “One of the matters that [CEO Brian Niccol] has brought to our tradition is this plan that we have a large amount of delight in what we do and incredibly minor moi. We can be happy of what we have completed — like plant-based chorizo — but if an individual out there has a cool plan, we want to listen to from them.”


text:
Apple Spring Loaded event – How to watch live, what to expect and everything you need to know
Applewill host the Spring Loaded event on April 20 at 10 am PDT (10:30 pm IST).
- The company is expected to unveil the next-gen iPad, iMac and Apple TV at the event.
- Apple may also showcase the iOS 14.5 update for the iPhone.
- You can watch the livestream by clicking the link in the story.
Apple is expected to unveil the next-generation iPad, iMac, Apple TV and more at the event. The company is also expected to reveal the iOS 14.5 update for the iPhone and iPad.
How to watch the Apple Spring Loaded event?
AdvertisementThe Apple Spring Loaded event will begin at 10 am PDT (10:30 pm IST). It will be live-streamed on the company’s website, YouTube and the Apple TV app.
Apple Spring Loaded event – Here are the expected launches
Apple iPad Pro
Apple is expected to unveil a new iPad Pro at the event in two variants – 11-inch and 12.9-inch. The new iPad Pro is expected to look similar to its predecessor and feature a dual camera module. The new iPad Pro will feature a new Apple chip and come with 5GmmWave support.
The 12.9-inch iPad Pro is expected to feature the new mini-LED display which is reported to offer better wide colour gamut performance with high contrast and HDR.
Along with the iPad Pro, the company is also expected to announce the Apple Pencil 3 at the event.
In addition to the iPad Pro, the company is also expected to announce the 2021 iMac with a new design, featuring narrow bezels. It is expected to be equipped with the Apple M1 chip that was used for the MacBook last year.
The 2021 iMac is expected to be available in the same color options as the 2020 iPad Air. This means we can expect it to be available in Silver, Space Grey, Rose Gold, Sky Blue and Green colour options.
A new Apple TV with the A12X chip and a redesigned remote is expected to be unveiled at today’s event. It will likely be made available in 64GB and 128GB storage variants.
AirTags, the much-awaited Bluetooth tags from Apple are also expected to be unveiled today. They are expected to be equipped with UWB (ultra-wideband) technology found on the iPhone 12 series and will allow you to track items that it has been attached to using your iPhone.
Apple is also expected to unveil the third generation AirPods with a similar design as the AirPods Pro. While it is not expected to feature active noise cancellation, it is expected to offer better batter life.
We should know more about the above devices, including their pricing when they are announced tonight.
Apple iPhone 13’s A15 Bionic won’t be based on 3nm process, confirms TSMC
Apple will welcome Parler, the Twitter alternative favored by conservatives, back on its app store
Apple Music said it will pay artists a penny per stream - double what Spotify pays
- Over One lakh oxygen concentrators cleared by customs from April 24 to May 4
- Check out who all can travel to the US amidst uncertainty in international travel
- Water shortage might be on the way to worsen Delhi's COVID-19 crisis
- Himachal Pradesh government imposes curfew effective from tomorrow till May 16
- A third wave of COVID-19 will surely come and it may spread faster and wider but don't know when, says advisor to the Indian government


text: At the NYAG hearings of Bitfinex and Tether tonight, Bitfinex said it did not serve New York customers and did not want to expand New York customers. Last week, Bitfinex discovered a New York customer and immediately turned off their services. . In this regard, the New York Attorney General's Office (NYAG) said it does not care whether New York users use Tether, but they do care that Tether executives live, conduct business and open accounts in New York to use Tether and Bitcoin and other virtual currencies. transaction.


text:
Starbucks will raise the pay of its U.K. employees next year, as the coffee retailer becomes one of the biggest businesses to support the government’s plan to see wages rise.
Beginning in April, Starbucks U.K. will raise the minimum pay rate for all workers and apprentices to £7.20 (roughly $10.92) an hour. Base pay for baristas is now £6.77 an hour. Supervisors will soon receive an hourly minimum of £8.72, up from £8.20 an hour. Starbucks will “pay a premium” for London workers, where costs are higher than in other parts of the U.K.
In a second move to address cost-of-living issues, the company will offer interest-free loans to help workers pay the deposits required when they move into a new rental property.
The pending pay hikes come after the U.K.’s finance chief, George Osborne, this summer outlined the Conservative government’s plan to set a new living wage of £7.20 an hour for employees who are over 25 years old. That new rate goes into effect in April 2016.
The national minimum wage currently stands at £6.70 an hour. The government is aiming to lift the median wage to around £9.35 by 2020.
Starbucks’ move adds to a string of initiatives that have burnished Starbucks’ reputation as a progressive company. Earlier this year, it said it would spend up to $250 million to cover the full cost of an online degree for U.S. employees who work at least 20 hours a week. In July, it led a group of companies in the U.S. that pledged to hire 100,000 young people, as those aged 16-24 face a higher rate of unemployment than other workers.
Wage growth has been on the rise in the U.K. Average weekly earnings, excluding bonuses, rose at an annual rate of 2.9% during the three months to July, the Office for National Statistics said earlier this month. That marked the fastest pace of growth in more than six years.
“Starbucks is supportive of the government’s longer term ambition of getting £9 per hour,” for U.K. workers, the company said in a statement.
A number of U.K. businesses have warned that raising minimum-pay requirements will dent their profitability and force them to raise prices on their products and services. Among them, JD Wetherspoon PLC’s
But German-based Lidl this month boasted it will be the first supermarket in the U.K. to pay its 9,000 employees in England, Scotland and Wales at least the minimum pay recommended by the Living Wage Foundation.
Lidl’s hourly pay will move up to £9.35 in London, and to £8.20 elsewhere, beginning in October.
In the second part of Friday’s announcement, Starbucks said the interest-free loans for the deposit when a worker rents a new apartment or house will be available only to employees who have worked at a company-owned store for more than a year. A maximum of one month’s wages may be lent, and it must be repaid within 12 months.
There are 11 million renters in England, says Shelter, a housing and homeless charity that provides free housing advice, among other services, and helped Starbucks develop the loan program.


text:
Norwegian Cruise is confident it can ride on the tailwinds of its 2022 marketing, pricing and service strategies into 2023 while spending less on them.
Norwegian Cruise Line plans to cut across the company in 2023, even as demand surges, in order to increase its profit margins, executives said during a Tuesday earnings call.
The cruise company is still in recovery mode. For the full year 2022, revenue amounted to $4.8 billion, down from $6.5 billion in 2019. Onboard spending was a bright spot. Revenue per passenger per cruise day was up 25 percent higher than in the comparable period in 2019. Norwegian served around a total of 1.7 million guests in 2022.
In the fourth quarter, revenue totaled $1.52 billion, up from $1.48 billion for the same period in 2019. Total revenue per passenger cruise day rose 23 percent year over year. Occupancy rose 87 percent quarter over quarter.
Heading into 2023, booking volume looks strong. January of this year was a record for the company even though pricing was higher than in 2019. Occupancy is expected to average around 100 percent for the first quarter and is on track to reach historical levels. The cruise company expects booking levels to stay strong in the year ahead as long as the job market remains strong, said Cruise President and CEO Frank J. Del Rio.
With demand now surging, the company is cutting back on costs by 15 percent across the business to maximize profitability for the year ahead. Marketing spend, which rose in 2022 to win back guests, will be scaled back. “We’ve said before, we spent a lot on marketing in 2022 going after the customer, creating that demand, elevating pricing,” said Norwegian Cruise Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mark Kempa. “We believe we’ve been successful there.”
The company will also be cutting back on some of its offerings. Norwegian, for example, will cut the turndown service on its lower cabin categories. “We’re not degrading the product. We’re squarely focused on making sure that the guest experience is wholly intact, but we’re going to align ourselves to what is the new normal for the hospitality sector,” said Kempa. “I think it’s the right thing to do.”
The Daily Newsletter
Our daily coverage of the global travel industry. Written by editors and analysts from across Skift’s brands.
Have a confidential tip for Skift? Get in touch


text:
Kelvin Media Group has launched Popularity advertising and marketing and lead technology companies for the native enterprise neighborhood in Houston, Texas. search engine optimisation and Web site Design are included of their companies.
(Newswire.internet — July 27, 2020) — Houston, TX — Kelvin Media Group has launched Popularity advertising and marketing and lead technology companies for the native enterprise neighborhood in Houston, Texas. search engine optimisation and Web site Design are included of their companies.
Kelvin Media Group has launched digital advertising and marketing companies for native companies in Houston. They’re working carefully with native companies in Houston, serving to them develop successful methods and offering viable workarounds to the current pandemic surroundings.
For extra info see https://kelvinmediagroup.com/about_us
The launch of digital advertising and marketing and lead technology companies by this Houston advertising and marketing company is geared to dramatically enhance native enterprise’s visibility. Via modern exterior the field pondering, they’re developing with successful formulation to assist the native enterprise neighborhood in Houston not solely survive the pandemic however thrive regardless of it.
This confirmed Houston native advertising and marketing company is targeted on offering the assistance that native companies in Houston wants now greater than ever. They produce outcomes that get the Houston enterprise neighborhood extra site visitors in type of leads, gross sales, and development on each greenback spent of their on-line advertising and marketing.
This Houston on-line advertising and marketing agency is a full-service digital advertising and marketing company with a devoted staff of high-performing specialists which are devoted to serving to construct native companies. They persistently produce outcomes that exceed expectations.
They customise a customized method with every new consumer by mixing a number of techniques into one successful and distinctive technique. These elements typically embody Search Engine Optimization (search engine optimisation), Pay-Per-Click on (PPC), Fb Advertising and marketing, Popularity Advertising and marketing, and Web site Design. These are all mixed rigorously to supply focused leads that ship the best buyer, consumer, or affected person to the native enterprise.
A latest consumer shared, “I’ve a small transmission store and was approached by Kelvin who instructed me he might double my enterprise in six months. I used to be very skeptical as a result of I have been instructed the identical issues by so many advertisers. I made a decision to offer them a try to I am merely blown away. I’ve an abundance of enterprise even with the pandemic occurring.”
The launch of those digital advertising and marketing companies for the native enterprise neighborhood in Houston provides tangible hope for the expansion and success of native companies throughout these unsure instances.
For extra info see the above URL.


text:
While the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X are currently limited to 5-watt wireless charging speeds, MacRumors reports the release of iOS 11.2 will boost that speed to 7.5 watts. The speed increase will require a charging pad capable of achieving those speeds, and not all are up to the challenge.
A test showed that the Belkin wireless charger currently sold by Apple—which supports 7.5 watt charging—did charge an iPhone X running the iOS 11.2 beta faster than a 5-watt charger, even proving faster than a wired 5 watt connection. Apple is expected to release its own AirPower wireless charging mat later this year, which will be large enough to allow users to charge iPhones, Apple Watches and AirPods on a single pad, but Apple hasn’t released specs on how fast it will be able to charge the devices.
The Qi standard used in Apple’s wireless charging technology is capable of handling up to 15 watt speeds..


text:
Apple orders 10 million units of iPad Mini: Report
Even before Apple confirms the release date of its much anticipated iPad Mini, there are already reports and rumours that the tech giant has ordered over 10 million units of the iPad for the fourth quarter.
According to report in The Wall Street Journal, quoting unnamed component suppliers in Asia, Apple has ordered more than 10 million units of the iPad, double the amount ordered by its rival, Amazon, for the Kindle Fire tablet.
Rumours have been doing round about the release date of the smaller iPad while Apple has never confirm anything about it till now. Nevertheless, there are speculations that the Apple iPad Mini could be unveil sometime soon in mid October and launch later in November.
The 7.85-inch iPad is expected to come with at 1024x768 resolution (not retina), a resolution lower than the iPad. The expected price is somewhere between USD 249-USD 299, said reports.
More from India
More from World
More from Sports
More from Entertaiment
- Cortana for Android available for public beta in US
- Xiaomi Redmi 2 Vs Redmi 2 Prime: Specification comparisons
- Middle class woes to continue, wholesale onion price shoots up to Rs 57 per kg
- Alleged land encroachment in Greater Noida: HC asks DM to decide representation in 3 months
- Watch: Review of Mahindra TUV300


text:
Chivas Brothers Chivas Brothers distributes thousands of litres of hand sanitiser to communities in need across Scotland
SECRET SPEYSIDE UNCOVER THE SECRET: CHIVAS BROTHERS RELEASES ITS LARGEST EVER SINGLE MALT COLLECTION
The Secret Speyside Collection is launched, featuring fifteen rare Single Malts from sought-after distilleries
THE GIN HUB Beefeater Pink
Introducing Beefeater Pink. The first innovation from The Gin Hub.
CHIVAS REGAL Chivas #BarStraws
After barring straws from its drinks in over 100 countries, Chivas calls on consumers worldwide to harness the power of social media and help protect the ocean from plastic


text:
I am so glad April was over as it was exhausting although very productive. After attending/presenting/moderating at Nova Institut/BIO World Congress, I am still trying to catch up to last month’s news for the blog and here is one, which was announced during BIO World Congress.
According to Reverdia, its Biossuccinium succinic acid as well as Roquette’s POLYSORB isosorbide is now being used in paints and coatings by well-known European producer Mader. By the way, for those who forgot, Roquette along with DSM are parent companies of Reverdia.
The new CADELI paint range commercialized under the brand CAMI, reportedly has key attractive physical properties such as hardness and scratch resistance. Additional functionalities include anti-microbial interior paint and depolluting (anti-formaldehyde) interior paint, both of which are 98% bio-based and are EU-Ecolabel certified.
At BIO World Congress, Reverdia also noted its collaboration with UK-based food tray producer, Sharpak, and UK retailer, Waitrose, in their development of biodegradable plastic packaging and products using PBS (polybutylene succinate). Reverdia also noted its collaboration with Covestro on the development of thermoplatic polyurethane for use in applications such as footwear and consumer electronics.
My report on current status of bio-succinic and petro-succinic acid markets are now on the April issue of Tecnon OrbiChem’s BioMaterials newsletter.


text:
After launching the Moto G100 in Latin America and Europe earlier this year, Motorola is now offering it in the United States. For $599, it has midrange specs like a large 5,000mAh battery, 5G, and a 90Hz screen. Motorola is providing a $100 discount off the full retail price from now through August 5th.
The G100’s US carrier compatibility has two key caveats: it’s a GSM-only phone, so it’ll function on AT&T and T-Mobile but not Verizon, and its 5G connectivity is limited to T-5G Mobile’s network.
Aside from that, it appears to be a good intermediate tablet, but at a premium price. It has an 8GB RAM Snapdragon 870 processor, sub-6GHz 5G, and a 6.7-inch 1080p display with a 90Hz refresh rate.
This year’s Motorola phone launches in the United States have been concentrated in the $200-400 area, making the G100 one of the more expensive handsets the company has released recently in the United States.
While a large battery, faster-refreshing screen, and a higher-tier chipset seem appropriate for its $599 price tag, its lack of IP-rating and extensive carrier / 5G compatibility may put it at a disadvantage when compared to similarly priced competitors like the Samsung A52 5G or the Pixel 4A 5G. (if you can still find one).


text:
The Port of Los Angeles has had its third busiest month on record, although exports continue to trend downwards.
The US transport hub processed 958,674 TEUs in March (2022), just behind the 1.01m TEUs recorded in May 2021 and 980,729 TEUs in October 2020.
March 2022 loaded imports reached 495,196 TEUs compared to the previous year, an increase of 1 per cent year-on-year.
Loaded exports came in at 11,781 TEUs, a 9 per cent decrease compared to the same period last year.Exports have now declined 37 of the last 41 months in Los Angeles.
Empty containers climbed to 351,697 TEUs in March 2022, a jump of 2 per cent compared to last year.
Three months into 2022, overall cargo volume through the Port ofLos Angeleshas reached 2.68m TEUs, a 3.5 per cent increase compared to 2021. It was the port’sbest first quarter on record.
“With improved fluidity on our docks and fewer vessels waiting to enter the port, our terminals are processing cargo at record levels,” said Port of Los Angeles executive director Gene Seroka “Yet we’re not taking anything for granted. We’re using our Port Optimizer data to find developing issues and adjust to market demands. We will keep working at this every day.”


text:
Car makers, suppliers and investors alike have a new product coming to market this year.
The new model, the Chevrolet Bolt EV, will be called the Bolt X. It’s not the first time Chevrolet has brought a new car to market with a name.
In 2014, the company debuted the Bolt SUV, an all-electric SUV with a range of about 250 miles.
The company also introduced the Bolt 3, a small SUV that was the first car to be electric in a production vehicle.
For 2018, the Bolt EV will be the first model to be produced in the United States in the new 3.0-liter EcoBoost V6, with an electric motor and battery.
The Bolt EV is expected to sell for about $27,000, a price that will go down as more of the vehicles are produced.
The brand also plans to introduce the Bolt 4 SUV and the Bolt 7 SUV in 2019.
The company’s goal is to sell 500,000 Bolt EVs per year by 2021.


text:
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Enesco Group Inc. ENC, -1.58% the Itasca, Ill.-based giftware company, after Wednesday's closing bell said its board named Basil Elliott president and chief executive. Marie Graul was named chief financial officer. Previously, Elliott and Graul were named interim CEO and CFO, respectively.
Have breaking news sent to your inbox. Subscribe to MarketWatch's free Bulletin emails. Sign up here.


text:
Workers La'Neka Ruffin (L) and Paris Scott sit on fish coolers at their stand at the Westwego seafood market April 19, 2011 in Westwego, Louisiana. The once thriving market, established in 1870, is struggling due to consumer concerns about the safety of local seafood. Ruffin says, 'A lot of customers came out before the oil spill but now they don't.'
Photo by Getty Images Apr 20, 2011
Copyright © 2013 Yahoo! New Zealand
All rights reserved.
Select your region to see news and weather for your area.


text:
If oil hits $200 a barrel, which is the upper end of Goldman Sach's prediction for prices over the next six months to two years, the gasoline picture changes quite dramatically. At $200 a barrel, crude alone would cost $4.76 a gallon. Add on the costs of refining and distributing as well as taxes, and pump prices could rise to a range of $6 to $7 a gallon.The uptick in gas prices might serve as the catalyst for change in the mindset of both the car purchasers and manufacturers. After almost 11 years of increasing numbers, the sales of SUVs and pickup trucks have finally begun to slide, adversely affecting the bottom-lines of US car manufacturer Ford. Consumers are increasingly choosing fuel efficient hatchbacks over their gas guzzling sedan counterparts, and sales of Hybrid vehicles have never been higher. "Necessity is the mother of invention" - I envision a time when the differentiator between car manufacturers that thrive and manufacturers that are relegated to a niche audience (or perish) is the Hybrid/alternative fuel strategy taken by the manufacturer.
U.S. drivers haven't radically changed their behavior, and it is unclear at what price it becomes unprofitable for Americans to go about their usual day-to-day activities, said Eric DeGesero, executive vice president of the Fuel Merchants Association of New Jersey.
'Maybe at $6 or $7 a gallon, it becomes less attractive to go to work,' Mr. DeGesero said. 'We haven't hit that point yet, but we might soon.'
Retail gasoline prices have topped $4 a gallon in Alaska, California, Connecticut, Illinois and New York ahead of the Memorial Day holiday weekend, according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report. Nationwide, gasoline averages $3.831 a gallon.
The Big Oil companies can't be left out of this discussion, and if they continue to have their way, our dependence on fossil fuels is never going to end. It was a few years ago that Royal Dutch Shell posted record profits and earnings; unless something changes, there is no stopping the company from continuing to shatter its own earnings records. No wait, it might be trumped by another Big Oil Company...


text:
As he outlined how “pervasive voter fraud” had turned the United States into “Venezuela or China or the old Soviet Union,” Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, paused his video podcast to offer his audience an incredible deal.
For just $596, an online fraud-protection company that Giuliani called “the only folks to trust that I know of” was selling four years of online defense from home-stealing “cyber thieves.”
“Use code ‘Rudy’ — that’s me — and sign up for 30 free days of protection,” Giuliani said, before resuming a diatribe about an international communist vote-stealing plot — and, later, another advertisement, in which he hawked dietary supplements. The episode of his YouTube series, “Rudy Giuliani’s Common Sense,” has been viewed more than 500,000 times.
Giuliani’s conspiracy-theory infomercials stand at the center of an extraordinary defamation lawsuit filed Monday by Dominion Voting Systems, which is seeking more than $1.3 billion in damages from him for what its attorneys said were “demonstrably false allegations” that led company employees to endure months of harassment and death threats.
Giuliani, the lawsuit alleges, knowingly spread falsehoods about the company to bolster Trump’s failing attempts to overturn the reality of his election loss. But Giuliani had another incentive for doing so, the lawyers wrote: He “cashed in by hosting a podcast where he exploited election falsehoods to market gold coins, supplements, cigars, and protection from ‘cyber thieves.’ ”
The lawsuit helps cast a spotlight on why so much viral disinformation rockets across the Web: Purveyors of falsehoods are often financially rewarded as the audiences for their claims grow. Premium subscriptions, merchandise sales and advertisement revenue form the backbone of the online-influencer economy — and if the audience is buying it, the creators make money, regardless of the facts.
The lawsuit frames Giuliani not as an ideological crusader but as a shrewd marketer eager to monetize his growing fan base, using the kinds of social-media-influencer techniques popular across YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, including infomercial-style endorsements and promotional discount codes. [Continue reading…]


text:
In these cases, the drug abuse is a symptom rather than the central problem. These cases buy osrs gold can benefit from psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is useful when it focuses on the reasons for the patient drug abuse. The drug abuse itself past, present, and future consequences must be given firm emphasis. Involving an interested and cooperative parent or spouse in conjoint therapy is often very beneficial. The therapist must be watchful for return of cocaine related activities, attitudes, friendships, and paraphernalia.
Trump said he reconsidered the original Sept. 1 tariff start date because of the potential effect on American consumers during a critical shopping period. customers,” he told reporters Tuesday. economic expansion would grind to a halt next year. retailers and financial markets, marked the latest maneuver in a now familiar pattern that has seen Trump turn up the heat on China by threatening tariffs, pulling back as stock indexes falter and then eventually ratcheting up the taxes when talks fail to deliver what he wants.
The Hanoitimes Investment in Vietnamese startups tripled the previous year to US$889 million in 2018 with 92 deal. Google supports Vietnam startups to access global markets Tokyo and Vietnam based AI startup Cinnamon raises US$15 million in funding Vietnam Silicon Valley provides US$20,000 seeding fund for early stage startups PM commits to create favorable environment for startups Vietnam is expected to have more unicorns or startups with value of at least US$1 billion in the time ahead as the country has many advantages to support the development of the businesses, experts said. Vietnamese e commerce startups will be among the top priorities for investors Lee Jae woong, who was one of three founders of Daum Communications (now Kakao), said Vietnam offers huge potential for startups, driven by its growing internet penetration, smartphone adoption and predominantly young population. Deputy Minister Tran Quoc Khanh said exports to Canada were worth over US$129 million last year and are expected to top $140 million this year. CPTPP will open opportunities for products such as wood flooring and bars to Canada because the market will immediately scrap the import tariff of 3.5 percent when the agreement comes into effect. such as plywood, picture frames, door frames and especially furniture will also have an opportunity because import tariffs of between 6 per cent and 9.5 per cent will be eliminated as soon as the agreement comes into effect. handicrafts will also benefit when Canada agrees to abolish the 7 about BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 19/12
Seize chance to get ready for the exciting Christmas day this year by joining RS2hot Big Discount for new year with up to free OSRS gold from Dec 16 to Jan 6, 2019!
Free gold for the whole 2019 orders
You must place a MINIMUM of 12 OSRS GP orders equal to 500$ in total to be eligible for the promotion.
1, 500$+, free osrs gold 20M (5M*4)
2, 1000$+, free osrs gold 40M (10M*4)
3, 2000$+, free osrs gold 80M (20M*4)
4, 3000$+, free osrs gold 120M (30M*4)
5, 5000$+, free osrs gold 200M (50M*4)
6, 10000$+,free osrs gold 400M (100M*4)
Besides, 5% off code “rs2hot” is also offered for Osrs gold / Runescape 3 Gold and all other products. Buy from https://www.rs2hot.com/ at anytime.


text:
The financial media are abuzz about the retail sector’s impressive performance on this year’s Black Friday. They believe that it’s a harbinger of an economic recovery and an end-of-the-year market rally. I hate to be a Grinch, but sales on 2008’s Black Friday were pretty good, too. And we all know what happened to the economy and the market after that.
In 2008, retailers slashed prices by as much as 80% in an attempt to lure frightened consumers. Loss leaders were abundant, and the strategy did indeed draw Americans out of their bunkers. Incredibly, Black Friday 2008 saw a 7.2% increase in year-over-year sales. Right in the middle of the financial crisis. The financial media ate up the news, and the market skyrocketed 800 points the following week. But, reality soon set in. The rest of the holiday season was dismal for retailers, and the market closed the year having given up its post-Black Friday rally and more.
Flash forward to today. We’re once again on the heels of one of the biggest year-over-year Black Friday sales gains in history. This year’s sales were once again 7% more than last year’s, led by strong performances from Best Buy (NYSE:BBY), Macy's (NYSE:M), and Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT). Online sales were twenty-five percent greater, led by Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). But, like 2008, this year’s impressive Black Friday performance was a result of retailers “pulling forward” demand by slashing prices at unprecedented levels, offering loss leaders, and spending gobs of money on marketing. As a matter of fact, marketing expenditures ballooned 50% this November. That’s more than they in did in November 2008.
There are more parallels between Black Friday 2008 and 2011. Shopping disorder and violence was prevalent in 2008 as the nation became panicked about the state of the economy. Competition for bargains led to a riot at a Wal-Mart on Long Island and hundreds of brawls and stampedes throughout the country. This year, for the first time, we saw a return to 2008 levels of shopping disorder. The Drudge Report linked to no less than 7 stories describing Black Friday brawls, stampedes, and even homicides. If it wasn’t clear already, this year’s Black Friday made abundantly clear that American consumers are as spooked about the economy as they were in 2008.
Short the inevitable post-Black Friday rally. Europe is about to melt down. And, for retail, it’s 2008 all over again.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.


text:
Old Nokia phones double as adult toys, says surveyA survey of 100 women shows that some phones are finding another use beyond telecommunications.
Latest Mobile videos
Google Assistant coming to iPhone with more conversational AI
1:44 May 17, 2017
Google shows off new features for its Google Assistant, including the integration of Google Lens and more advanced AI. The company...
3 ways to take screenshots on the Galaxy S8
1:51 May 5, 2017
With no physical home button, taking screenshots on the Galaxy S8 is different from the previous model. Here are three ways to capture...
Apple iPhone sales fall and the iPhone 8 could be to blame
1:32 May 2, 2017
Handset sales are falling and Apple CEO Tim Cook says it's because people are waiting to upgrade their iPhones amid future phone rumors...
The Galaxy S8 takes a hit in our drop tests
4:44 April 22, 2017
We dropped Samsung's new flagship phone onto stone, concrete and asphalt from three different heights to see how much those curves...
The iPhone 8 designs reveal rear Touch ID and dual-lens camera
5:39 April 20, 2017
This could be the next iPhone's design if Apple can't get the fingerprint sensor embedded into the display panel. Plus, Starcraft on...
Why Woz is a fan of the Apple Watch
1:49 April 20, 2017
Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak talks iPhone, the smartphone market and why he can't live without an Apple Watch.
Unboxing the Galaxy S8 (Orchid Gray)
1:56 April 19, 2017
The S8 preorders have arrived! We'll show you what else comes in the box along with your shiny new Samsung.
Up your iPhone video game with these 4 tips
2:04 April 13, 2017


text:
The search engine Yahoo has been aiming towards mobile. Yahoo, under Marissa Mayer’s leadership, has been making progress in building up its mobile capabilities and began reporting on mobile ad revenues separately in Q3 2014. The company will announce an overhaul of its mobile ad products at a developer conference in February according to information.
The Q3 earnings report, Yahoo displayed $1.2 billion in annual mobile revenue through 2014 and mobile earnings accounted for 17 percent of total revenue. After that the company began integrating access to inventory from Flurry. Flurry is the in-app ad network and analytics platform Yahoo acquired in July into its ad platforms which began offering app install ads across its network, through Gemini, its mobile search and native marketplace.
Yahoo will go ahead of Twitter to take third place in US mobile ad market share with 3.7 percent of an estimated $28.5 billion market in 2015. Even so that share is no where near Google’s 37 percent and Facebook’s 17.6 percent ;however it is proof of progress and increase.
The focus in coming months will be on giving advertisers more reach through bundling according to the information:
A major part of Yahoo’s mobile strategy will be selling access to bundled ad campaigns across owned and operated properties, such as verticals like Yahoo Sports, as well as non-owned mobile apps.
Currently available through Yahoo Ad Manager Plus, which encompasses. The Information reports that display, stream ads, mobile, search video and display ad inventory will be available through Gemini, which currently only offers ad targeting on Yahoo-owned and operated sites.
Yahoo says that itself as the “largest provider of video ad inventory in the industry”. What factors will Yahoo use to get more shares from Google and Facebook.


text:
Futurelabs held a discussion workshop on digital inclusion 12 June at the Victory Services Club in London. They are launching a new programme of work on the role of digital technologies to promote educational equality and have recently published two reports 2020 and Beyond and Beyond the Digital Divide.
The event was structured in a very flexible way, with the agenda being created “on the fly” by participants proposing discussion points and forming ad hoc groups of individuals interested in that particular topic. The notes from the days discussions should be available soon and I will publish them here once I receive them.
UPDATE: As promised, the report is available for download.


text:
According to the Brits storehouse MotorCycle Interest, it is a concern of a few weeks: Suzuki should rise to herald its iconic sports available in a interpret from 16 age! And our confrere plan a photomontage using various elements to GSX-R 2008: framework, containerful and deceiver facia of the big sisters around a smallish single-4T.
According to prelude collection, the Suzuki GSX-R 125 is seaworthy with an exclusively new engine chilling changeful 15 horses transferral in unswerving contention with the predecessor Honda CBR 125 R and the past Yamaha YZF-R125. Regular for the indorse half of the year, the Suzuki GSX-R 125 could yet no expressed design and its toll is plainly not yet famed. Still, Suzuki is renowned for his ravening rates, it is hoped that this bittie sports will be displayed at a capitalist value.
En 2008, discipline manufacturers of motorcycles sports chouchoutent unquestionably physicist grouping by message them declinations adapted their flagship models.


text:
iPhone 6 is much more popular than the 6 Plus
Phablets might be increasing in popularity globally, but iPhone users aren’t blown away by the idea of carrying around a giant phone, if early adoption data is to be believed.
Although it’s very, very early days for Apple’s new handsets, the iPhone 6 is already proving to be a much more popular draw than the giant iPhone 6 Plus, although as my colleague Joe Wilcox points out in his 10 things you should know before buying iPhone 6 or 6 Plus article, limited stock means the 6 Plus is already sold out in a lot of locations, which will obviously have an impact on the number of people who own one.
The iPhone 6 vs. 6 Plus data we have comes from MixPanel which monitors mobile apps and sites and is able to determine all sorts of things, including how many of the two types of new device are currently in use. The data is being updated hourly, so you can see how the trend is developing over time.
The iPhone comparison graph shows that on Saturday, 3.22 percent of users had the iPhone 6, compared to just 0.49 percent who were on a 6 Plus. On Sunday, iPhone 6 use dropped to 2.56 percent, and 6 Plus was down to 0.40 percent. Today, the iPhone 6 hit a high of 3.94 percent, while the 6 Plus was on 0.42 percent. The gap between the two devices has narrowed since then, and it's important to remember this shows usage, not device sales.
As an aside, MixPanel is also monitoring iOS 8 adoption, which shows the new OS is off to a slow, but steady start.
Obviously, it’s too early to say whether the iPhone’s 6 dominance over the 6 Plus will continue, but it’s safe to assume it will. Phablets are an acquired taste, and the majority of existing iPhone owners looking to upgrade are likely going to go for the bigger, but not ginormous model.
Although we don’t know how many of each type of handset Apple shipped, it’s a fair bet the company produced far fewer of the 6 Plus, and will look to adjust its inventory once it has a decent amount of sales data to guide it.
Interestingly, in the poll we ran a fortnight ago, out of the 484 votes cast so far 15 percent of respondents said they were interested in an iPhone 6, while 26 percent were drawn to the 6 Plus.


text:
South China Morning Post
Hundreds of port workers at Li Ka-shing’s Hong Kong terminals surrounded his Cheung Kong Center headquarters in the city’s business district after rejecting pay rise aimed at ending a three-week strike.
Pact calls for $3 an hour wage hikes; maintains royalty-payment formula.
The International Longshoreman’s Association’s (ILA) 14,500 rank-and-file members late Tuesday overwhelmingly ratified a six-year master contract covering 14 East and Gulf Coast seaports. The agreement ended more than a year of contentious negotiations that threatened to shut port operations from Maine to Texas for the first time since 1977.
Marchers call for talks over docks face-off
More than 4,000 protesters, including Hongkong International Terminals contracted workers, marched on the Central Government Offices calling on the government to negotiate an end to the 11-day docks strike. The protest came yesterday as Confederation of Trade Unions leader Lee Cheuk-yan urged Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to press the port operator to negotiate with workers.
Workers at Hongkong International Terminals Ltd., backed by billionaire Li Ka-shing’s port operator, continued a six-day strike for higher wages after a court ruling barred them from entering terminals in the city.
The following is an update of the potential effects of the Sequestration on Federal agencies responsible for monitoring international, particularly import, shipments. As cargo volumes increase after the recent Lunar New Year holiday, these effects increasingly will manifest themselves, causing some supply chain disruption and delay.
U.S. House of Representatives on March 6 approved H.R. 933, the Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013. The bill provides necessary funding to keep the doors of the government open until the end of the fiscal year on September 30.


text:
5 top new features to check out in the new Google iOS app
Google released a new version of its app for the iPhone and the iPad on Tuesday, and it’s filled with so many features that it’s hard to figure out which are worthy of your attention.
We checked out some of the features and here are our five favorites.
1. Improved image search
When users tap on an image search result to enlarge the picture, they can now tap on the image with two fingers and drag them apart to zoom in further. Similarly, users can drag their two fingers toward each other to minimize the image and return to the results.
2. Improved voice search
Users can quickly start searching with their voice as soon as they open the Google app by simply saying, “OK Google.” As soon as the app hears the command, it will activate voice search and listen for whatever users want to look for. Users can say “OK Google” anywhere within the app -- even if they’re looking at an image or have a website open.
3. Google Now notifications
On Android, Google Now gives users notifications -- a feature that was missing on iOS’ version of Google Now until Tuesday.
With the update, users can set the app to give them reminders for various tasks. To do so, users simply tap on the search bar and then tap “remind me to...” That will launch a page where users can tell Google what to remind them of. Users can also say, “OK Google, remind me...” followed by what they would like to be reminded of.
Users can set reminders based on a time and date or they can also set reminders based on locations.
4. Set updates for artists, TV shows, movies and more
Users can program the Google app to send them reminders for their favorite artists, actors, politicians, celebrities, TV shows and movies by searching for them. Once the results appear, users can scroll down until they see “Remind you about...” or “Get updates about...” After tapping on that, users will receive updates for that person, group, show or movie on Google Now.
5. New cards on Google Now
Besides notifications and reminders, Google has also added several new cards that will appear when users check out Google Now. The feature will display users’ tickets for movies, concerts and other events, and it will also show flight boarding passes, car rental reservation confirmations. Users can also check out a card that will show a list of upcoming and nearby events.
The latest version of Google for iOS is available for download now in the Apple App Store.


text:
Water firm ordered to pay up after raw sewage polluted an Oxfordshire stream in 2015, killing almost 150 fish
Thames Water has been slapped with a £2m fine for a "foreseeable and avoidable" pollution incident in 2015, which saw raw sewage seep into an Oxfordshire stream and kill almost 150 fish. Judge Peter...
Tech giant quadruples number of locations for US customers to hand in old iPhones as part of recycling and reuse drive
GreenBiz releases its latest update on soaring renewables demand from US corporates
Record amount of future new wind capacity will be financed from last year's investment, according to WindEurope
Nation known for its natural beauty is under pressure with extinctions, polluted rivers and blighted lakes


text:
Google has been facing some issues with their newly launched, Google Pixel 2 and Google Pixel 2 XL smartphones. The company has shipped a few Pixel 2 XL phones without the Android OS installed, they have replaced such phones recently. Apart from this, the giant has recently released the beta version of its smart storage app called Files Go to manage your phone’s and SDcard’s data. Now, some of the Google Pixel 2 users are reporting Microphone Issue on the phone.
Google has released two new smartphones, Google Pixel 2 which is a smaller one and the Google Pixel 2 XL which is the bigger one. There have been reports of plenty of bugs on both the phones and many users have shared their issues on various forum sites. Google is continuously working to fix the bugs and other issues on the phone and the new ones are already on the way.
While making calls, the Microphone of Google Pixel 2 phone stops working. The same issue has been posted by hundreds of users of the phone and they have complained to Google as well. As per the complaints of the users on Google Product Forums, the original builtin microphone doesn’t work properly while making video calls or using Google Assistant service. It doesn’t respond to any of Google Assistant’s commands.
On respond to the same microphone issue, the giant has responded with the “internal software malfunction” on the device’ software.
From the official Google Product Forum, one user has posted that, “No microphone detection for me of any kind. First, notice through live periscope streams past about 2 minutes. Then Google Assistant won’t work. Now realize video recordings have no sound and at all.” The same issue has been posted by many users from various locations. So this is not an issue which can be ignored, instead they should think about the fix for this issue as soon as possible.
Since there are many technical users of the Pixel 2 phone, they have come up with an instant fix. If you have bought the Pixel 2 smartphone recently have been facing the same Microphone Issue on the device, there is a simple fix available. You just need to blow some air to the speaker and you will get back your microphone on the device. The same fix has fixed many users’ issue related to Microphone not working on the Pixel 2 smartphone. You too can give this fix a proper try and you should be fine with it.
Well, this is not an official fix for this issue. It seems that, Google has not designed their new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones properly. As we have said earlier, many users of Pixel 2 XL phone have found no OS installed and now this simple Microphone issue. This makes us believe that there have been some problems with the production of these phones. One can simply fix this issue just by blowing the air, this means that the microphone is not fixed properly into the device. To permanently fix this issue, one has to replace his smartphone from the company as there will be no software related issue on the device.
Apart from the above issues, some of the Pixel 2 users have come up with the screen flashing issue. According to the same forum listings, some of the users of Pixel 2 XL smartphone have said that their phone flashes when they unlock the device. The screen flashes at the time of waking up the phone to see notifications. Google has not come up with a proper fix to such issues of their new users.
This is the first time Google’s products are facing large number of issues related to its design and software and everything. People have not thought of this from the giant, Google. However, Google will come up with a proper fix with new update or they will replace the phones with the permanent issues. We will update you when Google releases something to fix these issues.


text:
Regulation Changes in the Plyurethane Industry Anticipated
Las Vegas, NV— Speakers from the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) told more than 1,000 people at Polyurethanes Conference 2004 about pending regulations affecting the polyurethanes industry. The CPSC expects to decide soon whether it will move forward on a rule regarding the flammability of upholstered furniture and mattresses. The EPA recently issued rules on the phase-out of the production and import of HCFC-22/-142b set for 2010.
Dale Ray, project manager at the CPSC, told delegates that the CPSC was substantially close to issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking addressing furniture fires ignited by cigarettes and small open flames. CPSC Chairman Hal Stratton testified before a Senate Committee in July that flammability regulations are the agency’s highest priorities. The rule under consideration at the CPSC would apply to all residential upholstered furniture manufactured or imported for sale in the U.S.
At the close of a technical session on blowing agents for polyurethane foams, Suzie Kocchi, environmental protection specialist from the EPA, provided an update on the status of rules and regulations that impact the use of blowing agents. She presented rulings on the phase-out of the production and import of HCFC-22/-142b set for 2010. According to Ms. Kocchi, the EPA published a final rule on the use of HCFC-141b (69 FR 58269) in foam on September 30, 2004. Ms. Kocchi also said that as of January 1, 2005, HCFC-141b will be unacceptable for use as a blowing agent in foam applications in the U.S., with some exceptions, which include use in space vehicles, defense applications and nuclear applications.
In response to comments from the spray polyurethane foam industry, materials that are fully formulated, inventoried and on a certified list can be used by contractors until July 1, 2005.
“The polyurethanes industry is faced with a number of new regulations that will take effect in the next few years,” said Dick Mericle, executive director of the Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry (API). “A great deal of innovation and technological development is focused on meeting these regulations so the polyurethanes industry can achieve environmental, safety and cost-efficiency goals.”


text:
February 1, 2016
While activity in the nation’s manufacturing improved in January from the month before, according to reports on Monday, there is disagreement as to whether this sector is expanding or shrinking.
January 28, 2016
Peterbilt’s Denton, Texas, manufacturing plant is celebrating its 35th year of operation. Since opening in 1980, it has built nearly 500,000 trucks.
January 22, 2016
U.S. manufacturers started the year with a rebound in output and new business growth, according to preliminary results of a survey released Friday. A separate report shows sales of existing homes were the best since before the Great Recession.
January 15, 2016
The latest numbers about the state of the American economy show activity has slowed in key sectors, including one of the biggest drivers, with retail sales turning in its weakest improvement since 2009.
January 6, 2016
Shipments of manufactured goods in the U.S. increased slightly in November, according to a new and full government report, while new orders posted its third decline in the last four months.
December 21, 2015
Recent reports on freight movements, shipper spending and even the spot market can be downright confusing if you’re trying to figure what’s happening to the nation’s freight market and overall economic health.
December 16, 2015
Economic reports Wednesday morning ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee didn't offer a clear picture on the state of the economy, with slower manufacturing growth but a boost in housing numbers.
December 4, 2015
The U.S. economy continued adding jobs in November as trucking employment turned around from the month before, while a separate report on manufacturing was only somewhat positive for the industry.
December 1, 2015
A closely watched gauge of activity within the nation’s manufacturing sector shows it not only declined for the fifth straight month, but also that activity contracted during November for the first time in three years, according to the nation’s supply executives.
November 24, 2015
Natural gas fuel system manufacturer Agility Fuel Systems has named Kathleen Ligocki chief executive officer effective Dec. 3.
Third-quarter GDP numbers fuel talk that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next month for the first time in many years – despite a disappointing report on manufacturing.
November 2, 2015
Economic activity in the nation’s manufacturing may finally be gaining some momentum after some declines, according to two new reports.
October 27, 2015
A stretch of recently leaner times for at least one part of the nation’s manufacturing sector could be nearing an end, despite a new report showing lower new orders.
October 26, 2015
Sales of newly built, single-family homes fell to their lowest level since last November, while a separate report shows the first improvement in the nation’s manufacturing sector in five months.
October 2, 2015
Despite a booming construction sector, the latest reports on jobs and manufacturing have some concerned that the U.S. economy is losing some of its steam.
September 24, 2015
Economic watchers got a mixed bag of reports on Thursday. One showed an easing in part of the manufacturing sector, including a measure of business investment. However, two others were upbeat regarding housing and the upcoming holiday sales season.
September 23, 2015
September marks another month of relatively subdued growth across the U.S. manufacturing sector, according to a preliminary report, and construction activity in the U.S. retreated in August.
September 2, 2015
The employment picture in the U.S. continues to improve but the manufacturing sector is fighting to show better signs of life.
Double Coin Holdings plans to expand its truck tire manufacturing facility in Rugao, China, by adding a low-rolling resistance truck line that will produce an additional 1.5 million truck and bus radial tires a year.
August 25, 2015
The underlying fundamentals of the U.S. economy are better than, or at least nowhere near as bad as, the panic that set into Wall Street starting late last week and extended into Monday, according to several newly released reports.
We offer e-newsletters that deliver targeted news and information for the entire fleet industry.
The expert, Mark Betner from CITGO, will answer your questions
Commercial Vehicle Group Launches Corsair Seat
Loading Ramp Swivels Internally and Externally
Visi-Chek Shows Out of Compliance Brake Strokes
Vacuum Equipment Available on Ford and Freightliner Chassis